The adversaryצָרhas spread outפָּרַשׂhis handיָדוֹover allעַל כָּלher precious things;מַחֲמַדֶּיהָforכִּיshe has seenרָאֲתָהnationsגוֹיִםenterבָּאוּher sanctuary,מִקְדָּשָׁהּthose concerning whomאֲשֶׁרyou commanded,צִוִּיתָה“They shall notלֹאenterיָבֹאוּinto your assembly.”בַקָּהָל לָךְ
Lamentations 1:10
Study it in the app“The adversary has spread out his hand over all her precious things; for she has seen nations enter her sanctuary, those concerning whom you commanded, “They shall not enter into your assembly.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 1:10, word by word
- The adversaryצָרtsar
adversary
Someone who oppresses and attacks another; the adversary.
Where else “tsar” appears- has spread outפָּרַשׂparas
spread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “paras” appears- his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- her precious thingsמַחֲמַדֶּיmachamade
desirable thing, delight
What is desirable, what pleases the eyes: that which someone most loves or values.
Where else “machamade” appears- she has seenרָאֲתָהraata
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raata” appears- nationsגוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- enterבָּאוּbau
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “bau” appears- her sanctuaryמִקְדָּשָׁmikdasha
sanctuary
Sanctuary: a place set apart for God; also a holy thing. Said too of the shrines of other gods.
Where else “mikdasha” appears- you commandedצִוִּיתָהtsivita
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsivita” appears- into your assemblyקָּהָלkahal
assembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kahal” appears
Translation note
The command is in Deuteronomy 23:3.
The context
9Her uncleanness is in her skirts; she did not remember her end, and she has come down astonishingly; she has no one to comfort her. “See, YHWH, my affliction, for the enemy has made himself great.”
10 · This verse (above)
11All her people groan, seeking bread; they have given their precious things for food to bring back life. “See, YHWH, and look, for I have become worthless.”